Improvement in steam-engine governers



J. D. HUMPHREYS.r STEAM ENGINE GovEENoE.

No. 40,754. Patented Dec. 1, 1863.

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JOHN D. nUMPHaEYs, OE LONDON, ENGLAND.'

IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM-ENGINE GOVERNEPLS..

specification forming pm 0f Lettersratentno. 40,754, dated December 1, 1863.

Ia manner that any variation of its velocity will open or close the throttle-valve, as the case may require, to restore the required speed. For this purpose I connect the throttle-valve With the collar of a loose sleeve, which is rotated by means of a pulley driven by a band from the engine to be governed, and which is controlled in a longitudinal direction by a screw placed von its shaft and driven at a uniform rate by a supplementary engine 1n such a manner that while the main engine is Working regularly and in unison with the supplementary engine the relative position of the screw and the sleeve remains unchanged, but when any variation takes place in the rotation of thev two engines the corresponding variation of the screw and the. sleeves causes the longitudinal movement of the latter to be transferred to the valve.

The peration of my invention may be compared to a screw bolt and nut, which retain their position relatively to each other unchanged, While they are both lrotated together, but as soon as one `is rotated faster than the other a longitudinal movement is occasioned, which is used inmy machine for the purpose of acting upon the threttle-valveto correct the disturbancelof the motion by the admission of more or less steam. In addition to these parts analogous to those of my machine which I have mentioned, it is necessary to supply a fiy-wheel for the purpose of. securing uniformity of motion and alsosome special means of imparting rotary motion to the sleeve in such a way that it will not interfere with the longitudinal mot-ion on its shaft which is used to work the valve.

'lo cna-ble others skilled the arts to which it appertains to make and use my invention, l willprocecd to describe itsgconstruction and operation with reference to the drawings.V

Figure l is an elevation of my improved governing apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

The steam-pipe` a of the engine to be governed contains a throttle-valve operated by the lever b, which is constructed with a fork at its upper end workin g between the collars of the loose sleeve c. This sleeve hastwol arms, d, with lugs at their ends, through which pass the rods c, projecting from the loose pulley f, so that while the sleeve and the pulley must necessarily revolve together, they may diverge or approach within the limits of the machine a distance suflicientto open and close the valveto which the governor is connected. The loose sleeve and pulley are both mounted upon the shaft g, which is sustained in the bearings h, and is furnished with a ily-wheel, t', and a cylinder, k, witha pair of threads cut into its surface for the reception of pins from the arms d of the loose sleeve. This shaft g is rotated by mea-ns of the engine l. ,The loose pulley is mounted on a wide hub, which is confined to its place on the shaft bythe screw-cylinder on one side and a collar on the other, so that it can have no other than a rotary motion,

and therefore, when the pulley is turned by the main engine faster or slower than the screw-cylinder is turned by the supplementary engine. the spiral grooves of the latter cause the sleeve to advance or recede on the shaft, and to close or open the throttle-valve by means of the lever d, as may be required.

It is obvious that the apparatus I have described may be modified in appearance without departure froml the principle of its construction. I Instead of rotating the sleeve by means of a pulley, it may be made in one piece with a toothed wheel which slides along the shaft with the sleeve and works into corresponding gearing connected with the engine; and also, when it may be desirable for the sake of convenience in applying the machine, the fly-wheel, instead of being keyed to the shaft as above stated, may be attached to thepulley, in which case the supplementary engine shouwld-drive the pulley and the main apparatus operating in a manner vsubstanengine drive the shaft. tially as herein described.

What l claim as my invention is JOHN D.. HUMPHBEYS. A governor for regulating the speed of Witnesses:

marine of other engines, consisting of an in- FRED. BROOKER,

dependent or separately-working engine, in SIEGMUNDSTRIEMER,

combination 'with a, {1y-wheel, sad governingl Both of 10 Brchn Lane. 

